Movements for Equality

Lesson 6
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ELA

Alternate Unit 5

1st Grade

Lesson 6 of 28

Objective


Identify Clara Luper’s four steps for nonviolence and explain why each step is important.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Someday is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and illustrated by Jade Johnson  pp. 1 – 18

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

What were Clara Luper’s four steps for nonviolence? Why do you think each step is important?

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Key Questions


  • What was life like for Black people when Clara was growing up? Use the phrase “separate and unequal” in your answer.

  • What did Clara Luper believe? How did this influence her actions?

  • How did visiting New York City and Washington D.C. inspire Clara Luper and her students?

  • How did the students feel when they returned to Oklahoma? Why?

Vocabulary


activist

n.

a person of any age who is working for social change

nonviolence

n.

the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about change

negotiation

n.

a discussion aimed at reaching an agreement

demonstration

n.

an action by a group of people in favor of a particular cause; people may be protesting a particular idea or concern

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.1.3 — Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • RI.1.8 — Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

Supporting Standards

RI.1.1
RI.1.10
SL.1.1

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